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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON", WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1W. PAOE FTVE JAPANESE START IT QUEST IN Diplomats, Merchants and Builders Follow On Heels of Advancing Armies Trade Monopolies Set Up SHANGHAI. (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Japan hM started the second phase of her con quest of China the job of knitting conquered areas Into the Rising Sun empire. Japanese diplomats, merchants, builders, professional men, promo ters and propagandists have followed close on the heels of her advancing armies, bent on drawing profit and power from the vanquished territory where 200,000.000 Chinese have been brought under Japanese sway. They are faced with passive resis tance of China's millions, active re sistance of night-riding guerilla ar mies In the north, and pressure from neutral powers attempting to stop the closing of the open door to trade. Trade Monopolies, But the pace of political and eco nomic penetration has quickened un der the guidance of puppet govern ments directed from Tokyo. Trade monopolies have been estab lished In north China and Inner Mon golia, Neutral Interests have been kept out of the Yangtse river valley because of "military necessity." A "Greater Shanghai" building plan it under way which would make the once Important International settle ment of Shanghai a small, neutral Island surrounded by a huge Japanese-dominated Chinese community. At the same time, an educational and cultural program to paint a Japanese complexion on the face of conquered territories has bet-c launched. A new joint Chinese-Japanese mo tion picture company, expected to have a monopoly on importation of films, is being formed under the sponsorship of the Japanese, Man choukuo. North China "provisional and Central China "reform" govern ments. Others Lose Out. American and other foreign busi ness men in Pelptng and Tientsin re port once -profitable trade with Inner Mongolia now is Impossible for their firms. The Japanese-sponsored Mongol border government at Kalgan formed an oil monopoly, to which It turned over the marketing of .all petroleum products. American and British firms formerly had this market. All transportation except inner Mongolia's sole railway Is in the hands of a similar monopoly, and the railway is controlled by Japan's South Manchuria Railway company. Exports of wool, furs, hides and skins Inner Mongolia's chief pro ducts have been banned. They are to be used to supply the Japanese army. FLIP OF COIN SEALS TRUCK DRIVER'S FATE ALBANY. N. Y.. Nov. 3. (AP) A flip of a coin cost Kenneth Dickin son. 26, his life today. Halted by heavy fog, Dickinson, who lived In Hornell, N. Y., and Ger ald Lee. Canisto, N. Y.. stopped thdlr truck In a vacant lot to await day light. There was room for only one to sleep In the cab and they tossed a coin for the seat. Dickinson lost and retired to the empty trailer. When the fog lifted Lee found Dickinson dead. Coroner Ernest A. Hetn satd ex must fumes had entered the trailer, but not the cab. when le started the motor during the night to provide heat. SET MURDER TRIAL FOR COOK OF YREKA RANCH YREKA, Calif., Nov. 3. AP Pearl Choate, 31, ranch cook, pleaded Innocent to a charge of slaying Clar ence Poust, 28. negro handyman, when she was arraigned In superior court and her trial was set todsy for November 15. Foust was shot to death last Aug ust 7 following a quarrel. Mrs. Falling Dies PORTLAND. Nov. 2. (AP) Mrs. Olivia Henderson Falling, 93, a mem ber of one of Oregon's oldest and bfst known pioneer families, died here yesterday. L ""I'S TASTE " performance of Amphitryon 38." in which Alfred Lunt. 45. and his London-born wife. Lynn Fontanne, were starred. The Lunts have just returned1 from abroad. Miss Fontanne said. "We thought that Queen Mary would be shocked but she was grand. She told our manager that she was greatly amused and that she really loved the play." FOR ARNE RAE'S P0S1 EUGENE, Nov. 2. (AP) Harry 8. Schenk, advertising manager of the McMlnnvlllle Telephone-Register, will be suggested to the state board of higher education at Its next meeting, as successor to Arne O. Rae, field manager for the Oregon Newspaper Publishers' association. Rae will leave January 1 to be come executive secretary of the Na tional Editorial association at Chi cago and president of the Newspaper Association Manager. He has been field manager of the O. N. P. A. since 1929. SEEK BODY OF YOUTH IN WATERS OF CHETCO Admiral Williams Dies of Heart III SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 1. ( AP) Rear Admiral Yancey S. Williams. 62. U. S. N-. died today at Naval hospital where he was admitted October 4, suffering from heart atlmeit. He was awaiting recovery of health to leave for Washington where he had been assigned duty as head of the board of inspection and survey, hav ing been transferred recently from squadron on duty on the U. S. S. Charleston. He returned recently from Panama. 4 Portland Exports Down In October PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 2. ( AP) October exports dipped sharply from the total of October, 1937, .the mer chants' exchange reported today. The month's dispatched commerce was valued at $1,951,413, as against an October. 1937, total of $2,606,932. However October was better than September, when the gross was $1,296,354. Albino Coyote Is Taken In Lake Co, EUREKA. Calif., Nov. 2. (AP) The body of Wayne Colgrove, 17-yoor-old boy drowned In the Chetco river near Brookings. Ore., Sunday, was sought today, while relatives claimed the body of another drown ing victim In this region. The body of Mrs. Ursula Vldes, 83. of Eureka, was recovered from the Eel river yesterday, near where her footprints at the water's edge were discovered Sunday. Sheriff Arthur A. Ross said she had been In 111 health. Young Colgrove was drowned when a boat overturned. TODAYllASTl This Is the final day for casting of absentee ballots In the general election next Tuesday. The county clerk reports about 50 have been is sued so far. In the 1936 election, absentee ballots numbered close to 100. The ballot boxes, all complete with ballots and election supplies, will be turned over to the sheriff's office late today for distribution to the 70 precincts of the county. This will not start until early Monday. De liveries will be made first to the most outlying points, and be com pleted on the floor of the valley late Monday. Fa Federal Aide Suicides. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. (AP) Millard P. West, former acting com mlssloner of Internal revenue, was found dead last night at his Chevy Chase, Md., home with a bullet i through his dead. State's Attlrney I James H. Pugh said he believed West i had committed suicide. He added PORTLAND, Nov. 2. (AP) The that a note had been found In West's u. S. biological survey said yesterday iaw offices. Jack Wagner, WPA trapper In Lake county, had taken one of the rarest animals, an albino coyote. The animal was pure white with pink eyes. The albino was the third of Its species taken In Oregon. One was "Skeezlx," caught as a cub In Wasco county In 1927 and now In the na tional zoological park at Washing ton, D. C. WPA MEN REMINDED OF FULL FRANCHISE PORTLAND, Nov. 2. ( AP) WPA employes were reminded by State Ad ministrator E. J. Griffith yesterday that they were entitled to vote No vember 8 "In the same manner as any other citizen." A notice advised them they were not required to contribute to cam paign funds and that they would net lose their Jobs because of their votes. Supervisors were warned they would be dismissed If they attempted to In fluence votes or solicit political funds. 39th Auto Death PORTLAND. Nov. 2. (AP) Crash ing his automobile Into a brightly lighted safety island on the Broad way bridge approach, William B. Cor coran, 40, was killed last night. His death was the 39th trarflc fatality of the year, Japs Quiz Skipper YOKOHAMA, Nov. 2. UP Captain Bcddle Stephen of the British freight er Antigone was released tonight after questioning by police because his ship grounded off Cape Futtsu, a military secrets area. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. NEW FLYING BOATl SETS RECORDS IN L TEST Boeing-Built Clipper Maneu vers With 44,500 Pounds Aboard Prop Tips Travel With Speed of Sound SEATTLE Nov. 2. (AP) Pan American Airways officials said today If measurements had been recorded officially during prolonged tests of the Boeing built Pan American clip per, the huge flying boat would have half a dozen new world records In her logs. The ship, the B-314. will be turned over to the civil aviation authority In a day or so for first government tests preliminary to receiving certi fication for transoceanic passenger services. During the flights by a crew of ten, aided by forty engineers on the ground, the clipper has covered 5.000 miles of actual flying. 450 miles of taxiing tests and eighty take of fa and landings in the past three months. With a factory-test operating weight of 44,500 pounds she has car rled loads which brought her gross to 82,500 pounds. Although she has four 1,500 horse power motors, the engineers have never opened them up above 1,380 horsepower for takeoffs and at that the tips of the 14-foot propellers trav elled 1200 feet a second approxi mately the speed of sound. Furnishings were Installed yester day.' Pan American plans to use four of the huge ships in trans-Paclflc and two In trans-Atlantic service. The first of the B-314's sisters is virtu ally ready for launching and similar tests. Bark To Yukon VICTORIA, B. C. (UP) Sam Mc Oee, hero of Robert Service's fam ous poem, "Cremation of Sam Mc Gee." Is alive and kicking, despite the title of the poem. He la holiday ing In Victoria before returning to the Yukon, the land that gave him fame. McGee Is 70. 1UGP IB9 Schenley's Friendly Red Label delicate, perfectly balanced, Hrlicious...and full 90 proof. Try it you'll agree with most Amer icans that "LIGHT" IS R IGHTI 'Friendly to your taste SCIIENLKFS RED LABEL BLENDED WHISKEY 90 proof -70 groin navtrol iplrfh, Schtnlty DlttllltrfM, Inc., N. Y. C Movies Oo to Colle-e. LOS ANGELES. (UP) The Uni versity of Southern California now offers 22 different courses in the va rious branches of motion picture pro duction. Studio directors and film executives serve as lecturers. Wet Weather Supplies Large Stock of Slickers and Raincoats Boots and Shoes Arctic Overshoes All Wool Blankets O Tin Pants and Coats Waterproof Tarpaulins; also large assortment Roofing Paper and Shingles. Medford Bargain House North Grape Street Phone 1062 I When minutes count! jjj fw The telephone is your business SB SpS ally at all times. But when min- fB 'Wm utes count, it is frequently the flflp difference between dollars lost Pill ars made. W'Mz, Encourage the telephone habit. 1P Wplp If you are responsible for the ef- IP wmM fm ( others, provide them with ; iMM adequate telephone arrangements. IS THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE WWk AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY gf Mh H,r't Telephone IJ'Mi jlflP Roosevelt's New Dream Home Has Only One Closet WASH 1 NGTON, Nov. 2 . (A, President Roosevelt's new cottage at Hyde Park, Mrs. Roosevelt dis closed today, will have but one closet. She told her press conference that Mr. Roosevelt, who designed the house himself prefers old fashioned wardrobes. As for herself, she said that she, like all women, preferred closets because wardrobes were not tall enough for a one-plect rlrrss. IS IN III OF SLAYER OREGON CT1-Y. Nov. 3. ' AP) Willis Yoder testified in the first de ftree murder trial of his brother yes terday that a farmlnK partnership was broken hp by the tatter's in-J creased drinking. The brother. Ramon YMer. 39, Is charged with the shooting of his sis-ter-ln-law. Willis Yoder's wife, be cause of frustrated love. Willis Yo der. the first witness before a Jury of 11 women and one man, testified he had noticed no sign of his broth er's Interest In his wife. Yoder, whs pleaded guilty at his arraignment, was charged with slay ing his brother's wife on an Aurora farm October 14 while Willis Yoder was on a deer hunting trip. PLAN 15 SUB-STATIONS FOR IRANKSION OF BONNEVILLE'S OUTPUT PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2. (AP) The Bonneville dam administration, calling for bids on three-quarters of a million dollars of switching apparatus, revealed today It would construct sub-stntlons for Us north west power transmission network at 15 Oregon and Washington cities. In Washington the stations will be in the vicinity of Vancouver, Aber deen. Yakima, Kelso, Chehalls, Ray mond. Cathlamet and North Bonne ville. Oregon distribution units will be near The Dalles, Hood River, Ore son city, Salem. Albany. Eugene and Portland. Preliminary plans Included a station near Grand Coulee dam. Extension lines will carry Colum bia river electrical energy into other territories as rapidly as applications are made and funds become avail able. J. D. Ross, administrator, said a uniform price of $17.50 per kilowatt-year would be charged every where on the network. SCHOOL LUNCH MONEY IS PROVIDED BY WPA I WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. ( AP) Hie i WPA authorized allotments of 118.- 000 in Umatilla county, $13,529 in Union and $13,529 In Klamath coun ty to prepare lunches for school chil dren. It also granted $5,358 to employ I a matron at the gins' ristrom at 1 Pendleton. EUGENE, Nov. 2. (AP) "Any thing can happen here!" declared Hugh Pruett, astronomer at the University of Oregon, when confront ed with the qviestion of the possi bility of an Invasion of the earth hy men from Mars, so vividly brought to the American people over a radio program Sunday nlpht. However, while there is a very re mote possibility such an invasion might take place, there would be no cause for sudden alarm, Mr. Pruett said. He stated that giant telescopes would discover the departure of space ships from the planet and that residents of the U. S. would have ample time In which to pre pare to repel the Invasion. 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